Dilema
I have a dilema. I am about to buy my fist mac. and my first portable computer. I have decided to kill two birds with the same stone.
First I am assuming their is not going to be any upgrade to TiBooks at tokyo. (and this is not the place to discuss this, I know )
So My delema is. Can the Ibook handle OSX? I will probablly turn off all the fancy menu fades and window warps etc. prety quicklly (assuming I can). What I'm interested in is basic handling in things like DVD playing, maybe some basic 3d (blender) / 2d (gimp, assuming it runs under osx) graphics work, web design and some dtp, and mp3 ripping (assuming I get an ipod).
I know the TiBook would be better at all of these. But I have the choice of a TiBook, or a 600 IBook with extra battery and IPod.
You see my dilema?
If any one can, how is a ibook or a tibook likelly to compare to a winme on a 800 athalon, 256SDRAM (my current pc). As I have never owned a mac all the comapisons between os9 and osx mean little to me .
Before anyone asks why Im willing to spend this much money on a mac when I dont have much experience with them, 4.9999999999 (damn intel) reasons:
1> Macs look so much better
2> I am really getting sick of windows
3> I can allways put linux on it
4> As that guy on CNET said, I should stop going "ooh shinny" and actually buy one.
5> Its unix based, I understand unix.
First I am assuming their is not going to be any upgrade to TiBooks at tokyo. (and this is not the place to discuss this, I know )
So My delema is. Can the Ibook handle OSX? I will probablly turn off all the fancy menu fades and window warps etc. prety quicklly (assuming I can). What I'm interested in is basic handling in things like DVD playing, maybe some basic 3d (blender) / 2d (gimp, assuming it runs under osx) graphics work, web design and some dtp, and mp3 ripping (assuming I get an ipod).
I know the TiBook would be better at all of these. But I have the choice of a TiBook, or a 600 IBook with extra battery and IPod.
You see my dilema?
If any one can, how is a ibook or a tibook likelly to compare to a winme on a 800 athalon, 256SDRAM (my current pc). As I have never owned a mac all the comapisons between os9 and osx mean little to me .
Before anyone asks why Im willing to spend this much money on a mac when I dont have much experience with them, 4.9999999999 (damn intel) reasons:
1> Macs look so much better
2> I am really getting sick of windows
3> I can allways put linux on it
4> As that guy on CNET said, I should stop going "ooh shinny" and actually buy one.
5> Its unix based, I understand unix.
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